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Multi-platform support

There are multiple choices to connect your sensors or devices to CloudPlugs IoT and the method depends on the type of device to be connected.

Here are the ways in which devices can connect to CloudPlugs IoT.

Low Powered Devices

These are devices that cannot run an operating system, and are typically control boards with firmware. There are two options:

If the device uses a micro-controller such as an ESP8266 or ESP32. Use the PicoPlug™ agent.

Otherwise, use one of our REST or MQTT connectivity libraries and integrate it alongside the firmware of the device.

Gateways and Devices that run an Operating System

If the device can run an operating system, there are also two choices:

If the OS is Linux and the device has an x86 1GHz processor and at least 512MB of RAM, you can use the Edge One™ container-based platform.

If the OS is Linux or Windows and the device has an ARMv7 or x86 processor with at least 64MB of RAM, you can install the SmartPlug™ IoT agent.

Servers and Virtual Machines

Much like above, the SmartPlug™ will run on any x86 server or virtual machine running Linux or Windows.

Edge One™ runs on any Linux based x86 server or virtual machine.

Virtual machine deployments are popular for users that want to create cloud connectors or data processing using the SmartPlug™ or Edge One™.

If you have a project that requires support for additional hardware, please contact us.

Supported Hardware Overview

It’s simple and fast to connect any hardware and software platform to CloudPlugs. We’ve created a few tutorials to help our customer figure out how to quickly startup with the most widely used platforms.

Documentation

Hardware Tutorials

It’s simple and blazing fast to connect any hardware and software platform to CloudPlugs. We’ve created a few tutorials to help our customer figure out how to quickly startup with the most widely used platforms.